captress
Examples
“At least the captress gets, or thinks she has got, what she wants.”
“Murmurs of expectation, like⟳ the purrings of hungry flame, arose from the nearest, who hoped to share⟳ in the good fortune of the sorcerer's captress.”
“Where did the notion that its captress should be a virgin come⟳ from? Again, this was likely to be an Indian trait.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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